Saying goodbyes
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Saying goodbyes
It's just awful We have 1 week left here in Crewe before going to my mum's in Yorkshire then fly on 23rd.
We've only been in Crewe 5 years but I'm realising how many people I know here. My daughter went to a toddler group this morning for the last time and they'd got her a present and made us a cake.
And I've just taken both kids to the hairdressers here for the last time and hairdresser gave us a hug.
Ohhh how am I going to get through this last week without bawling in public and making an embarrassment of myself We have a leaving party for the kids on Sunday and I'm going to find it hard not to burst into tears...
Where's the crying smilie??
We've only been in Crewe 5 years but I'm realising how many people I know here. My daughter went to a toddler group this morning for the last time and they'd got her a present and made us a cake.
And I've just taken both kids to the hairdressers here for the last time and hairdresser gave us a hug.
Ohhh how am I going to get through this last week without bawling in public and making an embarrassment of myself We have a leaving party for the kids on Sunday and I'm going to find it hard not to burst into tears...
Where's the crying smilie??
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Re: Saying goodbyes
Originally Posted by Spikey
It's just awful We have 1 week left here in Crewe before going to my mum's in Yorkshire then fly on 23rd.
We've only been in Crewe 5 years but I'm realising how many people I know here. My daughter went to a toddler group this morning for the last time and they'd got her a present and made us a cake.
And I've just taken both kids to the hairdressers here for the last time and hairdresser gave us a hug.
Ohhh how am I going to get through this last week without bawling in public and making an embarrassment of myself We have a leaving party for the kids on Sunday and I'm going to find it hard not to burst into tears...
Where's the crying smilie??
We've only been in Crewe 5 years but I'm realising how many people I know here. My daughter went to a toddler group this morning for the last time and they'd got her a present and made us a cake.
And I've just taken both kids to the hairdressers here for the last time and hairdresser gave us a hug.
Ohhh how am I going to get through this last week without bawling in public and making an embarrassment of myself We have a leaving party for the kids on Sunday and I'm going to find it hard not to burst into tears...
Where's the crying smilie??
Hi there,
youve made me well up just reading that !! god help me we dont leave until the end of january !! LOL
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Re: Saying goodbyes
Originally Posted by Spikey
It's just awful We have 1 week left here in Crewe before going to my mum's in Yorkshire then fly on 23rd.
We've only been in Crewe 5 years but I'm realising how many people I know here. My daughter went to a toddler group this morning for the last time and they'd got her a present and made us a cake.
And I've just taken both kids to the hairdressers here for the last time and hairdresser gave us a hug.
Ohhh how am I going to get through this last week without bawling in public and making an embarrassment of myself We have a leaving party for the kids on Sunday and I'm going to find it hard not to burst into tears...
Where's the crying smilie??
We've only been in Crewe 5 years but I'm realising how many people I know here. My daughter went to a toddler group this morning for the last time and they'd got her a present and made us a cake.
And I've just taken both kids to the hairdressers here for the last time and hairdresser gave us a hug.
Ohhh how am I going to get through this last week without bawling in public and making an embarrassment of myself We have a leaving party for the kids on Sunday and I'm going to find it hard not to burst into tears...
Where's the crying smilie??
#4
Re: Saying goodbyes
Originally Posted by Spikey
It's just awful We have 1 week left here in Crewe before going to my mum's in Yorkshire then fly on 23rd.
We've only been in Crewe 5 years but I'm realising how many people I know here. My daughter went to a toddler group this morning for the last time and they'd got her a present and made us a cake.
And I've just taken both kids to the hairdressers here for the last time and hairdresser gave us a hug.
Ohhh how am I going to get through this last week without bawling in public and making an embarrassment of myself We have a leaving party for the kids on Sunday and I'm going to find it hard not to burst into tears...
Where's the crying smilie??
We've only been in Crewe 5 years but I'm realising how many people I know here. My daughter went to a toddler group this morning for the last time and they'd got her a present and made us a cake.
And I've just taken both kids to the hairdressers here for the last time and hairdresser gave us a hug.
Ohhh how am I going to get through this last week without bawling in public and making an embarrassment of myself We have a leaving party for the kids on Sunday and I'm going to find it hard not to burst into tears...
Where's the crying smilie??
I'm doing the same here.. leaving for the US next week having lived in the UK 11 years and I am a hairdresser so I'm getting cuddles and kisses all day long, some of my clients start crying and they make me cry.. I hate saying good bye.. I have everybody's e-mail addresses and I intend to keep in touch, have you asked for all your friends' e-mail addresses?
Best wishes..
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Re: Saying goodbyes
Originally Posted by stuckinblighty
i'm dreading the goodbyes and i'm a bloke .... i think
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Re: Saying goodbyes
Originally Posted by michellef
Hi there,
youve made me well up just reading that !! god help me we dont leave until the end of january !! LOL
youve made me well up just reading that !! god help me we dont leave until the end of january !! LOL
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Re: Saying goodbyes
Originally Posted by anabella
I'm doing the same here.. leaving for the US next week having lived in the UK 11 years and I am a hairdresser so I'm getting cuddles and kisses all day long, some of my clients start crying and they make me cry.. I hate saying good bye.. I have everybody's e-mail addresses and I intend to keep in touch, have you asked for all your friends' e-mail addresses?
Best wishes..
Best wishes..
It's not so much the good friends I know who will keep in touch with us. It's more the acquaintances who I don't know that well, not well enough to email etc but will still miss....
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Re: Saying goodbyes
All the best for your last week and your new lives. Thats the part im really dreading, it upsets me just thinking about it and we dont even have our visa yet.
Marks dad lives in Crewe.
Where abouts are you heading?
Joex
Marks dad lives in Crewe.
Where abouts are you heading?
Joex
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Re: Saying goodbyes
Originally Posted by mark 'n' joe
All the best for your last week and your new lives. Thats the part im really dreading, it upsets me just thinking about it and we dont even have our visa yet.
Marks dad lives in Crewe.
Where abouts are you heading?
Joex
Marks dad lives in Crewe.
Where abouts are you heading?
Joex
We've only had our visas for 3 weeks, but we've been 2.5 years planning! It feels like the *end* has come about so quickly, a couple of people I spoke to today had no idea we were emigrating.
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Re: Saying goodbyes
Originally Posted by Spikey
Hi - we're off to Melbourne
We've only had our visas for 3 weeks, but we've been 2.5 years planning! It feels like the *end* has come about so quickly, a couple of people I spoke to today had no idea we were emigrating.
We've only had our visas for 3 weeks, but we've been 2.5 years planning! It feels like the *end* has come about so quickly, a couple of people I spoke to today had no idea we were emigrating.
Blimey, you dont hang about. Have you been to Melbourne before?
Dont think about it as the end, look at it as the beginning of a great new life.
Joex
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Re: Saying goodbyes
I know how goodbyes go - I have done plenty of them too! I just got back from Bath where I went to say Bye to the family - although, I wasn't out and out crying, I was sad.
I have said goodbye to them before - back in 83 when aged 8 we moved to Australia.
Since being back in England (7 years now) I haven't really been that close to them. I don't think it is living in London that has done that, I think it is also not having grown up with them....
I get to say goodbye to the 'out-laws' tomorrow night....
I just wanna get on the plane now and be done with it all....
I have said goodbye to them before - back in 83 when aged 8 we moved to Australia.
Since being back in England (7 years now) I haven't really been that close to them. I don't think it is living in London that has done that, I think it is also not having grown up with them....
I get to say goodbye to the 'out-laws' tomorrow night....
I just wanna get on the plane now and be done with it all....
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Re: Saying goodbyes
Saying goodbyes shortly to another 3 expat familes going back to various parts, hate it turnover of people since we have been here is so high.
Stood at the school gates last week waving goodbye to a family we will in reality probably never see again, my little ones best friend, totally heart wrenching.
Stood at the school gates last week waving goodbye to a family we will in reality probably never see again, my little ones best friend, totally heart wrenching.
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Re: Saying goodbyes
Originally Posted by stuckinblighty
i'm dreading the goodbyes and i'm a bloke .... i think
That avatar looks familiar.....
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Re: Saying goodbyes
Originally Posted by jad n rich
Saying goodbyes shortly to another 3 expat familes going back to various parts, hate it turnover of people since we have been here is so high.
Stood at the school gates last week waving goodbye to a family we will in reality probably never see again, my little ones best friend, totally heart wrenching.
Stood at the school gates last week waving goodbye to a family we will in reality probably never see again, my little ones best friend, totally heart wrenching.
Awwwwww... I bet that was hard to watch
but he'll make new friends though.. it's very easy for children to adapt to change
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Re: Saying goodbyes
I try not to say goodbye. I just say. Till the next time i see you. Which i usually do at some point in the future.. Its not goodbye. Its just till the next time. You will find if you think that. It is easier. BTW tell them to come and see you in Oz. Good luck anyway!